Road death rise sparks campaign

A MAJOR safety campaign has been launched following an alarming rise in deaths and injuries on Argyll’s roads.

The number of accidents resulting in serious injury more than doubled in the year to July 2016 – alongside a four-fold increase in the number of people killed. In response, a partnership involving Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Argyll and Bute Council’s road safety unit has be gun a month-long rural roads safety initiative ahead of a national campaign in September.